The Palazzo Reale and Castel Nuovo

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions 62.5 x 49.7 cm 24 5/8 x 19 5/8 in

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Provenance

John Montagu, Lord Brudenell, Marquis of Monthermer (1735 - 1770);

His sister Lady Elizabeth Montagu, 3rd Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensbury;

By descent to the present Lord Montagu of Beaulieu.

Literature

F. Bologna, G. Doria & F. Pannain, Settecento Napolitano, Turin 1962, pp. 16-19;

J. Kerslake, Mr Boswell, exh. cat., London 1967, cat. no. 20;

N. Spinosa, Pittura napoletana del Settecento. Dal Rococòal Classicismo, Naples 1987, p. 159, cat. no. 287;
N. Spinosa and L. Di Mauro, Vedute napoletane del Settecento, Naples 1989, p. 193, no. 71;

S. Cassani (ed.), All’ ombra del Vesuvio, Napoli nella veduta dal Quattrocento all’Ottocento, exh. cat., Naples 1990, pp. 399-400, reproduced p. 178;

S. Cassani (ed.), In the Shadow of Vesuvius: Views of Naples from Baroque to Romanticism, exh. cat., Naples 1990, p. 125, reproduced p. 44;

C. De Seta, Napoli fra Rinascimento e Illuminismo, Naples 1991, p. 242, ill. 32;
L. Salerno, I pittore di vedute in Italia 1580-1830, Rome 1991, p. 255;

N. Spinosa and L. Di Mauro, Vedute napoletane del Settecento, 2nd edition, Naples 1993, no. 71;

R. Middione, Antonio Joli, Soncino 1995, p. 84, no. 20, reproduced on the cover.

Exhibitions / Fairs

Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and London, National Portrait Gallery, Mr Boswell, 18 August to 16 September 1967 and 13 October to 30 November 1967 respectively;

Naples, Castel Sant’Elmo, All’ ombra del Vesuvio, Napoli nella veduta dal Quattrocento all’Ottocento, 12 May - 29 July 1990;

London, Accademia Italiana delle Arti e delle Arti Applicate, In the Shadow of Vesuvius: Views of Naples from Baroque to Romanticism, 27 October - 27 November 1990.

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